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September 11, embassy bombing victims cannot seize Afghan bank assets, US appeals court rules

By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) -Victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the August 7, 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa cannot seize $3.5 billion of Afghanistan central bank assets to address the Taliban's role in the attacks, a divided federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.
Source: Al Monitor
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